Incompressible flow solvers in OpenFOAM® operate using a kinematic pressure instead of a physical pressure in order to compute Navier-Stokes equation without explicitly showing the constant fluid density in the equation.

Kinematic pressure is defined as pressure divided by fluid density and it is expressed in m2/s2. Always input kinematic pressure values when using incompressible flow solvers in simFlow to obtain correct results. When you analyze the results, remember that the pressure field in Paraview displays values of kinematic pressure. Therefore, you must multiply the values of kinematic pressure by the fluid density in order to calculate the pressure field expressed in Pa.

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